Bowl with Alif-lam Motif, 12th century, Probably from Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze., H. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Ceramics, Gertrude Bell, the famous archaeologists and writer, photographed this bowl in 1909 at the house of a diplomat and antiquity dealer in Haleb, among others said to come from Raqqa. While many of these objects were actually found in Raqqa, the high demand of 'Raqqa ware' on the market in the early 20th century certainly had as a consequence that dealers would always claim such provenance for their objects
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